How Do NPOs Get Funding? A Business Model Perspective Based on the Conversion of Symbolic Capital

This 2020 paper by Rachel Bocquet, Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, and Michel Ferrary, published in Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, presents a new framework for considering how and why nonprofits partner with for-profit organizations (FPOs) for funding: “With an explicit consideration of symbolic capital—and the risks of damaging it if the NPO turns to FPOs for funding—the authors explore specific issues related to NPO business models.”

Read the research. (Mirror site)